"Bad connection" measures way more than throughput. What about WFH or telehealth doesn't work on 25/3?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abhi Devireddy" <a...@devireddy.com> To: nanog@nanog.org, "Jason Canady" <ja...@unlimitednet.us> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 8:07:34 AM Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Don't think it needs to change? From 25/3? Telehealth and WFH would like to talk with you. There's very few things more draining than a conference call with someone who's got a bad connection. Abhi Abhi Devireddy From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+abhi=devireddy....@nanog.org> on behalf of Jason Canady <ja...@unlimitednet.us> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 7:39:14 AM To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections I second Mike. On 5/28/21 8:37 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I don't think it needs to change. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com From: "Sean Donelan" <s...@donelan.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:29:08 PM Subject: New minimum speed for US broadband connections What should be the new minimum speed for "broadband" in the U.S.? This is the list of past minimum broadband speed definitions by year year speed 1999 200 kbps in both directions (this was chosen as faster than dialup/ISDN speeds) 2000 200 kbps in at least one direction (changed because too many service providers had 128 kbps upload) 2010 4 mbps down / 1 mbps up 2015 25 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up (wired) 5 Mbps down / 1 Mbps up (wireless) 2021 ??? / ??? (some Senators propose 100/100 mbps) Not only in major cities, but also rural areas Note, the official broadband definition only means service providers can't advertise it as "broadband" or qualify for subsidies; not that they must deliver better service.
